Why Aren’t Limit Orders Always Cheaper Than Market Orders?

Many traders believe that limit orders let them control the execution price, while market orders can incur slippage, so limit orders must always be more cost-effective.

But in real trading, there’s an often-overlooked issue:

A better price doesn’t necessarily mean a better overall trading outcome.

To determine whether an order type is suitable, you need to consider not only the execution price, but also the probability of execution, the cost of waiting, and the cost of missing a trading opportunity.

I. The Biggest Advantage of Lim

Longs Got Wrecked in an Hour! Bitcoin Rebounds After a Flash Crash to $73,510—Will $73,000 Be the Last Line of Defense?

If there’s anything in crypto more thrilling than prices going up and down, it’s liquidations.
This time, SBTC suddenly plunged, briefly falling to $73,510 within 15 minutes before quickly rebounding. The price swung back and forth, as if the market were reminding investors: You can ride a roller coaster, but maybe don’t strap your entire net worth to the seat.
Data shows that about $745 million in positions across the market were liquidated in just one hour, including about

Those who bought the dip at 2300 and 2200—how are they doing now? Why have I repeatedly warned against buying the dip these past few days?

I’ve been reminding everyone not to blindly buy the dip. The reason is simple: the current market environment is simply not suited to guessing where the bottom is based on gut feeling.

Uncertainty in the market has increased significantly, especially since the US midterm elections.

I’m mainly looking at a few factors:

First, policy expectations have shifted.

With the Democratic Party winning both chambers of Congress, the future direction of US crypto

A Moment of Panic at $73,510! Is Bitcoin Shaking Out Weak Hands or Selling Off? $745 Million in Liquidations Send a Dangerous Signal

The Bitcoin market has increasingly started to feel like a TV series lately, with a new plot twist every day.
This time, SBTC suddenly plunged, hitting a low of $73,510 within 15 minutes before quickly rebounding. The whole thing happened so fast you might wonder if you missed several episodes.
However, what really made the market nervous was the liquidation data.
In just 1 hour, around $745 million in positions across the market were liquidated, including aroun

AI giants are burning through cash like crazy! Data center investment is cooling—will BTC miners be left trembling too?

The AI industry is facing a soul-searching question: after burning through so much money, when will it actually start paying off?
Over the past few years, tech giants have been building data centers at a breakneck pace, while chip, server, power, and cloud computing companies have been raking it in. The market believes AI is the future, so the more capital companies spend, the more excited investors get. But now things have changed. Investors are asking: after investing hund

11.09 SOL Market Analysis

Short: around 88.30-88.80, stop loss at 89.50, targets 86.50/85.00.

SOL is currently at 88.16. After bottoming near 85.00, the market staged a technical recovery with a series of consecutive bullish candles. The price has now rebounded to around 88.16, entering the secondary resistance zone left by the previous sharp drop.

The 88.30-88.80 area overhead is the first significant resistance zone for this rebound. It is under pressure from both the EMA20 and trapped supply from earlier. The price may face selling pressure here, with the defensive stop-loss level set ab

Why can an edge gradually disappear as more people adopt similar trading strategies?

A trading strategy performs well in backtesting.

More and more traders discover similar signals and begin entering at similar prices, taking profits and placing stop-losses at similar levels.

At first, the strategy remains effective.

But after some time, traders begin to notice that price action after entry has changed, slippage has increased, profit potential has shrunk, and performance that was once stable has begun to fluctuate.

Why?

One easily overlooked fact is:

A trading strategy’s edge comes not

#BTC闪崩插针 $1 billion liquidated in 10 minutes: What happened after Bitcoin fell below $74,000?

The $74,000 level held for only a few hours. The 24-hour high was $76,200, the low was $73,510, and the current price is around $74,985.73—nearly $2,700 of movement in a single day. What is truly worth noting is not how much the price fell, but that $1 billion was liquidated in the crypto market over the past 10 minutes. This was not a slow, gradual decline, but a concentrated flush of leveraged positions.

01 First, the data: What did the market look like today?
BTC repeatedly swung around $74,000,

U Sister 11.9 Monday$SOL Strategy

Entry: Short on a rebound near 88.5–89; stop around 90.3; target 86.5–84.5

In the early hours, price broke down on heavy volume in tandem with the broader market, falling straight below the 88.5–90.2 high-level consolidation range and briefly wicking down to 84.66. It then rebounded from oversold conditions along with the market and is now consolidating around 87.8. Short-term moving averages have turned down, creating clear resistance. The lower edge of the previous consolidation range has completely shifted from support to resistance. Overall, the market

There’s never a shortage of drama in crypto

$ROBO
#ROBO
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I now believe that it will go up / enter an uptrend.

​This is absolutely not financial advice!
I’m simply sharing my personal opinion and my own trades. You should do your own analysis and make your own decisions!

The overall trend is currently volatile. I entered long positions twice in the early morning. The first, around 6:00, near 2,110 and 74,200, rallied to around 2,167 and 75,700. Then, during the daily and weekly closes at 8:00, I entered longs again near 2,120 and 74,500. After the market pulled back, it rebounded to around 2,155 and 75,500. Both long trades once again captured a good move.

P.S. Every trade in the livestream and strategy includes a stop-loss. I also repeatedly emphasized during the livestream that you must strictly manage your position size and set your stop-loss when trading.

Why does trading more frequently make profits easier to erode?

Some traders believe that constantly looking for opportunities can increase their chances of making a profit.

But in reality, every trade can incur new costs. The more trades you make, the more these costs can accumulate.

Even a strategy that is fairly good at predicting market direction may fail to deliver the desired net returns if it trades too frequently.

I. Fees: They may seem small each time, but can add up

Suppose the combined cost of buying and selling each time is 0.10% of the trade's notional value.

If the notional

ETH short setup publicly laid out a day and a half in advance: short the 2255–2275 range
The market peak landed precisely at 2250.6, and the entry price was spot on
Both take-profit targets, 2205 / 2170, were hit
The price dipped as low as 2050.32, securing over 200 points in profit—beyond expectations
I never play Monday morning quarterback; all calls are made public in advance and executed.
I don’t need to boast about my skills—the market will speak for itself.#ETH #美国10月CPI即将公布

Mi Ge's 11.9 summary of crypto trends across eight dimensions:
1. Interest rates remain high
2. The dollar is relatively strong
3. Waiting for CPI to confirm inflation persistence
4. ETF outflows
5. Expectations of Democratic regulatory policy are weighing on the market
6. Market fear and risk aversion
7. The macro outlook is neutral to bearish
8. Tuesday's U.S. CPI is the key short-term inflection point.

Remember, making money isn't the point; protecting your principal is. Follow Mi Ge so you don't lose your way—Mi Ge will get you on the fast track to marrying a young wife!

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